aerial support
Help from above
Aerial support is military assistance provided from aircraft to ground or naval forces.
This includes air strikes, reconnaissance, transport of troops and supplies, and protection from enemy aircraft.
The term extends to civilian contexts like firefighting, where planes drop water or retardant: The wildfire crews called for aerial support.
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- search patternText-matching template
- firefighting aircraftPlane combating blazes
- radar systemsEquipment detecting objects via radio waves
paratroopers · air cover · drone warfare · eyes in the sky · ground attack · satellite communication · reconnaissance · medevac · fighter jets · combat mission · combat air patrol · avionics · gunship · stealth technology · helicopter · air ambulance · aerodynamics · cargo aircraft
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Land-based operational aid
ground forces · artillery support · boots on the ground · armored support · foot soldiers
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